Thursday, April 9, 2009

Betty Brown

Or "Bet Bro" as I like to call her.

Apparently everything isn't bigger in Texas.

What is: egos, xenophobia, racism and ignorance.

What isn't: respect, understanding, intelligence, and Asian's names.

Texas Republican state lawmaker Betty Brown has suggested that Asians shorten their names to make it easier on Americans.

“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?” Brown remarked to the Texas House Elections Committee.

I gotta say, her use of "behoove" thoroughly impressed me. She has a firm grasp on English - I understand it's a rather difficult language.

She made the comment after the Chinese American representative, Ramey Ko, said some people of Asian decent had trouble voting because their legal name may differ from the English name they use on their driver's licenses.

What did she propose for Mr. Ko to do? Just start going by K?

Bet Bro of Tex, u r a huge dou-ba.

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